From:             dasher at inspiredthinking dot co dot uk
Operating system: Windows Vista Ultimate x64
PHP version:      5.2.2
PHP Bug Type:     Class/Object related
Bug description:  Calling parent::__construct() causes a fatal error

Description:
------------
Calling parent::_construct() from an extended class causes a fatal error
when the parent doesn't have a constructor.

When you've full control over the code - it's not an issue - but when the
parent comes from a code library it's becomes difficult to know if you
should call the constructor.  With code libraries such as PEAR - the parent
class might not have a constructor today but might have one tomorrow.



Reproduce code:
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class parentClass {
  function someMethod() {
  }
}

class childClass extends parentClass {
  function childClass() {
    parent::parentClass();
  }
}

$obj = new childClass();

Expected result:
----------------
The code above should run without generating a Fatal error - at most the
error should be an E_NOTICE or E_WARNING.

Actual result:
--------------
Fatal error: Can not call constructor in filename.php on Line 007

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http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in CVS:                 http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:             
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=needscript
Try newer version:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=support
Expected behavior:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=notwrong
Not enough info:              
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:              
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=php3
Daylight Savings:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=dst
IIS Stability:                http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=float
No Zend Extensions:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41428&r=mysqlcfg

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